Venus Allegrain Bronze Statue coat of arms where it was placed by

where it was placed by Ferdinando de’ Medici

born Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi (1813-1901)

ancient Greek-Roman original

The 'Dolphins' Geometric Mosaic is one of our wide collection of Floor Center Mosaics

with her sisters (Dike and Eunomia) forming the Horae

Venus Allegrain Bronze Statue coat of arms where it was placed byVenus Allegrain in bronze, reproduction of the original in the Department of Sculptures in the Louvre, France, 17th and 18th centuries. This "beautiful, beautiful, sublime figure" captivated Diderot and his contemporaries. Instead of sculpting the idealized body of a goddess, Allegrain shows a woman in all her mortal realism. The fluidity of the contours, the feeling of fullness, the voluptuousness of her gesture, and the refinement of the hairstyle